SOUNDTRACK–TY DOLLA $IGN-Tiny Desk Concert #877 [August 8, 2019]
On the year anniversary of Mac Miler’s Tiny Desk performance, Ty Dolla $ign and his band were doing a Tiny Desk Concert. This is an except from it (the full show is supposed to be uploaded but as of April 2020 it still isn’t).
I don’t know the original at all, but what is interesting to me is the phenomenal guitar work Justus West and the always wonderful Thundercat on bass.
Last week, Ty Dolla $ign visited NPR headquarters to record a fantastic Tiny Desk concert of his own that will air in its entirety soon. But once we wrapped the taping, something special happened: I reminded Ty that he sat at the desk almost a year to the day that his friend, Mac, delivered what would be one of his final performances.
The band paused and huddled. They mulled over a few notes in a matter of seconds then gave me a signal that they were ready. The room was silenced and the cameras started rolling again.
Here’s Ty performing a moving rendition of his 2016 collaboration with Mac, “Cinderella” from Mac’s fourth studio album, The Divine Feminine. Ty’s flanked by two close friends of Mac, Thundercat on bass and Justus West on guitar, both of whom played at the Tiny Desk with the Pittsburgh-born rapper a year ago.
The rest of the band includes Cory Henry and Aliandro Prawl on keys, Mike Moore on drums and Ant Clemons on vocals. It’s a very moving performance.
[READ: August 2019] Mind the Gap 1
I saw this book in the library and was intrigued by the title and the frankly fantastic/al looking cover image by Rodin Esquejo and Sonia Oback.
I had no idea what the story was about and I was frankly surprised by the plot and the way it was massaged.
The story opens with a woman, Jo, getting a call from her friend Elle, but it quickly gets disconnected. Jo calls Dane and asks if Elle is with him. She says Elle sounded strange in the call and she was worried. Soon enough Elle (Ellis) is brought into the hospital unconscious. The next page we see her floating in an otherworld. She can’t remember her name but she sees her body in the hospital. (more…)
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